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Joomla Web developers do not think twice about this task , but we understand that being new to Joomla CMS or web design in general is sometimes hard to get your head on straight
and get along with all terms. Modules , module position , extensions , install , uninstall , update... Gees ! Give me a break! So to make it simple, here is a very fast tutorial on how to add new module position to your Joomla 1.5 Template.

First we open our template/templatename/index.php file located on our server . Now days you can find many
Joomla components that will help you edit files on server or you can simply use the edit HTML in your template manager.

Now you see a bunch of code and lines that you might not understand but here is where every web designer or web admin should start. Learn what tags are and how you can use them http://www.w3schools.com/
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Lets start coding:

You need new module position let say under your top menu . Many coders use notes while coding , you can see example here at Youjoomla. Here is a partial code from our Younews
index.php

Now let us take this a step further and make this module collapsible ( module and module div wraps appearing on assigned pages only ) . All we need to do is add small php code snippet before your module code div wrapper:

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